Fun board games for family with little kids

PinotGrigio41

Both my girls used to love a Pop Up Dragon game from ELC, I have no idea if they still sell it now. I remember my youngest playing it for hours nad hours, even on her own sometimes from a really young age ! When the dragon popped up everyone would shout loser to whoever had made him pop ! She used to roll about laughing. ( This is the only time they are ever allowed to call someone a loser I hasten to add !!!)

pinetree

H,i call me old fashioned and showing my age but for children of that age you cant beat a good old game of snakes and ladders (if they still make it) good fun and helps with learning to count etc

cleggie

Buckaroo
Guess Who
Operation
Happy families/Snap (cards)
Mouse trap
Kerplunk
Junior monopoloy
Junior cluedo
Junior scrabble

Those are our faves!

mollythewestie

This is a very simple game from my childhood: The house that Jack built

It was so easy to play, that you can play without "grown ups", my sisters and I used to love it.

building_with_lego

Orchard Games' Bus Stop is good fun too, easy for little ones (2 and up in my experience) and you have to play to the end to find out who's won- you may finish first but not be the champion. Anything teaches patience is a good thing in my house :rotfl:

moomoomama27

All the Orchard games are good!

Buckaroo
Ludo
Snakes and ladders
Guess who
Hungry Hippos
Memory games.

teacherandmum

definately recommend those orchard games ones. educational but very simple to play, colourful and fun.
other favourites with my 4 year old
simple bingo - write 3 numbers to 6 on a piece of paper and use a dice to see who can cross off all 3 first.
snakes and ladders
ludo
elefun
My first monopoly - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hasbro-My-First-Monopoly/dp/B000TZRU5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323982444&sr=8-1
pictureka - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hasbro-17148-Pictureka-Edition-Game/dp/B003EYUTV4/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1323982500&sr=1-1
soundtracks
snap
happy families

also remember jigsaw puzzles as well

onlyroz

balletshoes wrote: »

omg my DD got Buckaroo when she was about 4 - that bleeping mule was so sensitive we couldn't even load it up and set it back on its heels to start the game without it pinging forward and bucking all its equipment off!

It came out of the box twice before we all got completely fed up with it and sent it to the charity shop.

Agree that Buckaroo is rubbish. It either never pops, or you can't get the bl00dy thing down at all.

Money_maker

Twister - no need to read for the little one.

meganandben

My two little ones love playing Gruffalo dominos